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THREE people have been arrested over allegations of fraud involving a Whitehall government department. The two women and a man were arrested on April 5 and released on bail. The allegations are believed to involve the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan police said the sum involved was hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Murder suspect

A MAN aged 29 was arrested yesterday after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death at a house in Hartlepool. Police said the victim, Kimberley Bage, had apparently tried to fight off her attacker.

Mirror slips up

THE Sunday Mirror was forced to pulp its first edition last night after discovering that a front-page picture purporting to show the so-called Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare was in fact of someone else.